Clip attachment

Abstract

The segmented wall of the float-wall combustor liner for a gas turbine engine is retained by a clip secured to a post extending radially from the outer wall through an opening in the segmented wall. The clip serves to load the walls radially and has fail-safe features preventing inadvertent dislodging.

I claim: 
     
       1. In combination, a combustor for a gas turbine engine having an outer shell and an inner segmented free floating member conforming to the shape of the outer shell defining a combustion section, the segmented members movable circumferentially and axially in response to the combustion products relative to the outer shell, means for securing said segmented members to said outer shell including at least one post integral with each of said segmented members extending radially through an opening in said shell, a clip being generally U-shaped but having at least one leg bent inwardly toward the other leg to bear against the surface thereof, a hole remote from the end of one of said legs sized to fit said post, a first slot smaller in width of said hole extending from said hole to fit a second slot formed in said post spaced from the end thereof, a hole in the other leg overlying said first slot to receive said post so that it extends radially beyond said clip in the secured position, whereby said clip retains said segmented member to said shell and is oriented in a given position and incapable of becoming dislodged by axial movement. 
     
     
       2. In combination as in claim 1 wherein the leg adjacent said shell is sinusoidally shaped to bear against the surface of said shell at predetermined points to impart a radial load thereto.